[SOLVED] D/l dissappeared

69Rixter · 04-19-2018, 03:14 PM

Afternoon:

I d/l youtube-dl via terminal. Said it installed and now, can't find it anywhere. So, #1. Where might it be? #2. Can anyone suggest a good program to run that d/l's and converts youtube (or any video site) videos?
THANX:

Rick

bassmadrigal · 04-19-2018, 05:11 PM

It should save the download to whatever directory you were in at the time (unless you used the -O option, which allows you to specify a different location). Where did you download it from and what did you use to install it?

But you should just use the SlackBuild on SBo for youtube-dl. It is kept relatively up-to-date and will install it to the system so any user can use it. There is also youtube-dl-gui, if you'd rather have something point-and-click.

I don't think there's any alternatives that come close to what youtube-dl provides.

chris.willing · 04-19-2018, 05:15 PM

SBo has a script https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...rk/youtube-dl/ which builds a package with components in well known locations e.g.

/usr/bin/youtube-dl

69Rixter · 04-19-2018, 05:17 PM

RE: bassmadrigal

I'm not even gonna respond to the first sentence in your reply. I used the terminal.

69Rixter · 04-19-2018, 05:20 PM

RE: ChrisWilling

Thank You.

heyjann · 04-19-2018, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 69Rixter

RE: bassmadrigal

I'm not even gonna respond to the first sentence in your reply. I used the terminal.

That message never said you didn't, it was quite helpful. Don't forget to mark the thread as Solved when you're done.

RadicalDreamer · 04-19-2018, 06:52 PM

Code:

bash-4.4$ whereis youtube-dl
youtube-dl: /usr/bin/youtube-dl /usr/man/man1/youtube-dl.1.gz

Quote:

Distribution: LinuxMint 18.2 xfce

WTF

QMPlay2 uses youtube-dl.

bassmadrigal · 04-19-2018, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 69Rixter

RE: bassmadrigal

I'm not even gonna respond to the first sentence in your reply. I used the terminal.

You had to have used the terminal if you used wget, but my questions were certainly valid. But with wget, it will download it to the current working directory unless you use the -O option to change the output location.

If you already knew that, I had no way of knowing based on the little information you provided. I wasn't trying to be condescending, just thorough

And you didn't actually answer my questions... Knowing where you downloaded it from (was it from a site that provided a Slackware package? Was it from their github? Was it some other random site?) and how you installed it (was it a Slackware package? Was it a SlackBuild? Was it some other installer that you ran?) could help us figure out where it is located.

GazL · 04-20-2018, 01:19 AM

If I remember rightly, 'youtube-dl -U' tries to update in-place.

Usually I update like this:

Code:

cp /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl /tmp
cd /tmp
./youtube-dl -U
su root -c 'cp /tmp/youtube-dl /usr/local/bin/'

69Rixter · 04-20-2018, 03:49 PM

RE: GazL

Thank YOU: I shall run this and get back later with the results. Oh, just a secondary thought...is this the best Youtube D/ler for Linux?